On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:18:08 -0400, Larry Brown
wrote:

What's a virus?

It is an unfortunate consequence of living in a society. Close contact with
other individuals allows opportunistic parasites to propagate. Viruses can
generally be avoided by eschewing all social contact.

The term also describes an analogous situation in computers. It's an unfortunate
consequence of using a popular platform. Here too, however, viruses can usually
be avoided by using unpopular platforms that exist at too low a density to
support natural propagation of viruses.

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com